diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index 6cc9204a2116..e80551ecde6f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -639,12 +639,30 @@ static inline bool has_enough_free_secs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	return !has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, freed, needed);
 }
 
+static inline bool has_enough_free_blks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	unsigned int total_free_blocks = 0;
+	unsigned int avail_user_block_count;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->stat_lock);
+
+	avail_user_block_count = get_available_block_count(sbi, NULL, true);
+	total_free_blocks = avail_user_block_count - (unsigned int)valid_user_blocks(sbi);
+
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->stat_lock);
+
+	return total_free_blocks > 0;
+}
+
 static inline bool f2fs_is_checkpoint_ready(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	if (likely(!is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED)))
 		return true;
 	if (likely(has_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)))
 		return true;
+	if (!f2fs_lfs_mode(sbi) &&
+		likely(has_enough_free_blks(sbi)))
+		return true;
 	return false;
 }